Contributing
============

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every
little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions
----------------------

Report Bugs
~~~~~~~~~~~

Report bugs at
https://github.com/elfsternberg/py-polymorphic-loader/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

-  Your operating system name and version.
-  Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in
   troubleshooting.
-  Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Fix Bugs
~~~~~~~~

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with "bug" is
open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with
"feature" is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

py-polymorphic-loader could always use more documentation, whether as
part of the official py-polymorphic-loader docs, in docstrings, or even
on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

Submit Feedback
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at
https://github.com/elfsternberg/py-polymorphic-loader/issues.

If you are proposing a feature:

-  Explain in detail how it would work.
-  Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.
-  Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that
   contributions are welcome :)

Get Started!
------------

Ready to contribute? Here's how to set up py-polymorphic-loader for
local development.

1. Fork the py-polymorphic-loader repo on GitHub.
2. Clone your fork locally:

   ::

       $ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/py-polymorphic-loader.git

3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have
   virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for
   local development:

   ::

       $ mkvirtualenv py-polymorphic-loader
       $ cd py-polymorphic-loader/
       $ python setup.py develop

4. Create a branch for local development:

   ::

       $ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature

   Now you can make your changes locally.

5. When you're done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8
   and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox:

   ::

       $ flake8 py-polymorphic-loader tests
       $ python setup.py test or py.test
       $ tox

   To get flake8 and tox, just pip install them into your virtualenv.

6. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

   ::

       $ git add .
       $ git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes."
       $ git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature

7. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines
-----------------------

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

1. The pull request should include tests.
2. If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated.
   Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add
   the feature to the list in README.rst.
3. The pull request should work for Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5,
   and for PyPy. Check
   https://travis-ci.org/elfsternberg/py-polymorphic-loader/pull_requests
   and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

Tips
----

To run a subset of tests:

$ py.test tests.test\_py-polymorphic-loader